APEC Agree to Share Bird Flu Samples
...he latest mutations of the H5N1 virus to develop a cure but also conceded it was important that those economies which provided samples receive tangible benefits in return. "The last thing we want to see is the situation where some countries get the disease and other countries get the vaccines," he said....Overuse of Popular Console can Cause 'Wiiitis' in Gamers
...ddicted to the popular games console, however, the cure might be worse than the ailment....Ukraine Struggles Against Fake Drug Trade
...king more closely, the differences appeared. One cure against stomach pains turned out to be vanilla powder and several remedies against allergies and influenza carried the wrong markings. These medicines can be seized from chemists and hospitals as they constitute a health risk for Ukrainians, but at...Dengue Sweeping Across Southeast Asia
... cases it can be fatal. "There is no medicine to cure dengue fever, so the only treatment is to have a lot of electrolytes," says Noranita Badrun, a Kuala Lumpur resident whose daughter, Nurin Syakilah, spent a week in hospital in April battling the disease. If not diagnosed early, dengue can kill, but ...Is Gemstone-therapy an Alternative to Treat Illness?
... as Astrology Doctors . Many claim that they can cure diseases like cancer, anaemia, piles, kidney-relat... wearing a right stone matching ones horoscope can cure a person of all ailments. Some of these astrology doctors admit that astrological permutations and...The Dreaded Disease Tuberculosis Raises Its Ugly Head
...ond-line drugs used when the first drugs fail. The cure rate for XDR TB patients is just one-third. Scariest of all, two women in Italy recently died from a fully resistant type of TB that's officially incurable. (Scientists are dubbing it XXDR TB.) Today, TB terrorizes those whose immunity has been weake...Drugs may Help Turn on Gene Switched Off in Cancer
.... If we can turn the gene back on, it may not be a cure for cancer, but it could slow it down or make it r... agents. Even if these new targeted therapies dont cure the cancer, we can at least have long-term survival, he adds....Stem Cell Treatment Offers Hope for Paralysis Patients
...nerative Medicine (NCRM), has found that stem cell cure can possibly be a viable alternative for liver tra...ardiac bypass surgeries. "Stem cell therapy can cure disabled livers, rejuvenate tired hearts, and make the pancreas of chronic diabetes patients secrete......eveloping embryos) are currently being tested as a cure for a rare metabolic disorder, Battens disease. Embryonic stem cells are a different matter. So far no medical treatments are available. Current research, however, is exploring ways to coax stem cells to grow into the specific cell types that die of...70-year-old, Three Sons Seek Mercy Death
...ors at the district headquarters hospital couldn't cure the disease. I have already spent all my money for their treatment. I don't have the means to consult renowned physicians outside the state and even in the SCB Medical College at Cuttack. Nobody is coming forward to help me," Hakimuddin told IANS. ...World’s First Attempt To Restore Sight Using Gene Therap
... (UCL) carried out the operations in an attempt to cure a serious sight disorder- Leber's Congenital Amaurosis or LCA. The group operated on 12 young adults with LCA, a type of inherited childhood blindness caused by a single abnormal gene. Leber's Congenital Amaurosis is not a single specific disorde...Asthma can Be Checked, Experts are Confident
... in 1150AD said about Asthma – "I have no magic cure to report, all I have in mind is a rational conduct of life//." The basic principle on how to control this chronic disease which affects almost 300 million worldwide remains the same as was prophesied by Maimonides. Asthma is perhaps the most com...The Pain Relieved With the Help of Palliative Workers
...tive care goes on simultaneously with treatment to cure the illness. The care for each patient is different as Palliative care is not a one-size-fits-all approach. Each patient has a different response to the treatment given to him, so it has to be customized to the individual needs of the patient. It...Chemo Brain- Nothing Forgettable About It
...into this condition of chemo brain and help find a cure or management of the condition. “A large number ...de effects of treatment. “It’s no longer enough to cure them. We have to acknowledge the potential consequences and address them early on.” Till then pat......nca and Tony will be a part of the trial to find a cure for the disease. An earlier French study had fou...r come the disease. Hoping this will help find a cure for the disease. Source-Google/N...Reindeers Could Hold the Key to Elephantiasis Cure
Reindeers in the Arctic could hold the key to a cure for the dreaded elephantiasis, Finnish scientists ...n reindeers, that could show the way for a lasting cure for the dreaded elephantiasis. They have found the filarioidea-family maggots in reindeers in Kuus...Syphilis Rate on Rise in US Gay, Bisexual Men
...crease among another group." It is still easy to cure syphilis, but it can cause serious medical problems, including death if untreated. In addition, officials worry that gay men will get syphilis and become more susceptible to HIV infection, although statistics have not made it clear if that is actuall...Elevate End- Of- Life Experience by Enhancing Quality of Hospice Care
... hospice care. The focus of hospice care is not to cure the underlying condition but to ensure the patient is relieved of pain and symptoms of the ailment, so as to experience a certain quality of life. In that sense, hospice care is distinct from usual medical care. Hospice care ensures that family and f...Scientists Explore ‘muscle’ in a New Drug to Assuage Muscular Dystrophy Symptos
... also reducing the lifespan. Unfortunately, the cure for this disorder still remains a burning ambition for many scientists. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy or DMD is the most notorious of muscular dystrophy disorders. Sadly, almost 100 male children are born with this crippling disorder each year. An ex......r factor IX that is disrupted. Till now no known cure for either CF or DMD and sufferers rarely live beyond their 30s. Yet now the researchers have announced that mice suffering from a form of DMD began growing new muscles - after being treated with a the drug. Says lead researcher Lee Sweeney, who i...